How does the caffeine content compare to, say, Mountain Dew?
it’s like 5 or 6 Mtn Dews caffeine wise IIRC
Per the first lawsuit, higher. Lawsuit says 390 mg in a 30 oz drink, FDA limit on caffeine is 400 mg. Mountain Dew is 55 mg per 12 oz, so a little over 300 mg in a 2 liter (67.6 oz). A large coffee is about 190 mg.
ty for the correction. i had the 300ish, but botched the volume scaling
Wow… 7 cans of Mountain Dew or 2 large coffees is a lot for one drink. But if the FDA caps these things and they are within the cap and upfront about the caffeine content then it’s hard for me to fault them. Maybe the FDA limit should be lower?
According to the article the guy who died had some cognitive disabilities so he might have not known better. And I think as a regular person it seems absurd that a fast food place would have a fountain drink that could kill you, at least acutely. Like, if you go back for seconds then you’ve already consumed 8 cups of coffee worth of caffeine in a single sitting. So think there’s a lack of situational awareness because it’s not like you’re talking to drug dealer or something.
I might expound more tomorrow, but allegedly they advertised that it had “as much coffee as our dark roast coffee” and placed it next to other sodas and lemonades of normal caffeine content. I’m sure you could search the nutritional facts but allegedly they had no warnings and advertised it as a normally caffeinated drink, as well as it being eligible for their unlimited refills.
Wow imagine red bull on tap at a fast food joint like McDonald’s
Exactly. Theyd have to stack the bodies like lincoln logs
Good breakdown of the topic, Legal Eagle has seemed a reliable resource, I’ve no reason to doubt it.